Smoke cooling cigarettes



Nov. 6, 1962 c. E. TEMKOVITS SMOKE COOLING CIGARETTES Filed Feb. 6, 1961 INVENTOR.

CHARLES E. TEMKOVITS BY vQ/ m 0M ATTORNEYS 3,%Z,Zi8 Patented Nov. 6, .1962

3,062,218 SMGKE CGQLING CIGARETTES Charles E. Temkovits, 3811 Henritze Ave, Cleveland 9, Ohio Filed Felt. 6, 1961, Ser. No. 87,215 2 Claims. (Cl. 131-9) This invention relates generally to cigarettes, but has reference more particularly to cigarettes having improvements therein designed to radiate or give off heat generated by the burning embers of the cigarette, and thereby provide a smoke cooler to the mouth and throat.

A primary object of the invention is to provide a cigarette of this character in which a novel heat radiating element is provided between the portion of the cigarette which is consumed and the mouthpiece of the cigarette.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cigarette of this character which has incorporated therein features of elements designed to absorb heat of the burning embers for transfer of such heat to the aforesaid heat-radiating element.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cigarette of this character which has incorporated therein a novel filter element or disc designed to further cool the smoke and to trap or filter undesirable tars and other impurities before these reach the mouthpiece.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same.

FIG. 1 is a view, partly in elevation, and partly in section, of a cigarette embodying the invention;

FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. 1, but with the cigarette portion of the cigarette pulled forwardly;

FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 2, but with indentations formed in the walls of the cigarette;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 4-4 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional View, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 55 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a view similar to FIG. 1, but of a modified form of the invention;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional View, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 77 of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a view of a blank used in the form of a cigarette shown in FIGS. 6 and 7;

FIG. 9 is a view similar to FIG. 1, but of another modification of the invention;

FIG. 10 is a view similar to FIG. 3, but of the modification shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 1111 of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a view similar to FIG. 1, but of still another modification of the invention, and

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 13-13 of FIG. 12;

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 5 inclusive of the drawings, there is disclosed a cigarette consisting of a cylindrical mouthpiece 1 of stiff paper or like material having permanently secured in its forward end a cylinder 2 of aluminum foil or like metal, this cylinder being of substantially greater length than the mouthpiece 1, and hav ing a wall thickness such that it can be flexed or bent by the fingers for a purpose to be presently described.

The cylinder 2 has slidably mounted therein a conventional cigarette 3, which is of such length that when the cigarette 3 is fully telescoped into the cylinder 2, as shown in FIG. 1, the combined length of the part 1, 2 and 3, as viewed in FIG. 1, is substantially the same as the length of a conventional king size cigarette, so that the cigarettes can be pack-aged in an ordinary pack or carton for king size cigarettes. I

The mouthpiece 1 contains a filter 4 of tobacco or fiber or other filtering material.

Upon removal of one of the aforesaid cigarettes from a pack or carton of such cigarettes, the cigarette 3 is slid forwardly in the cylinder 2, so as to leave a space 5 between the filter 4 and the rear end 6 of the cigarette 3, as shown in FIG. 2, after which the walls of the cylinder 2 are pinched or bent inwardly by the fingers of the smoker to provide a plurality of circumferentially-spaced indentations 7, forming fins 8, as shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5, this pinching action resulting in the provision of a restricted passageway 9 through the cylinder 2, which passageway is of suflicient cross-sectional area to permit the passage of the smoke to the mouthpiece.

The inner surfaces of these fins provide areas against which the heat rays generated from smoking impinge and are absorbed by the fins and are thrown oif laterally from the outer surfaces of the fins, with the result that the smoke which passes through the passageway 9 and reaches the mouthpiece 1 is cool to the taste. These inner surfaces also act as a condenser for moisture and tars.

It may be noted that the cigarette, as described, is completely expendable, each cigarette having incorporated as a part thereof the mouthpiece 1 and cylinder 2, so that it is not necessary to save these parts after the cigarette has been smoked.

If desired, the filtering material 4 may be omitted from the mouthpiece 1.

Moreover, the inner surface of the paper wrapper of the cigarette 3 may be of a dark color, so as to absorb some of the heat rays during smoking, and prevent such rays from passing rearwardly to the fins.

In the modification shown in FIGS. 6, 7 and 8, an additional cylindrical member 10 is provided, which may be made from a paper blank, as shown in FIG. 8, and is provided with slits 11. This cylindrical member 10 may be loosely placed in the metallic foil cylinder 2 to form a lining for the latter, or may be adhesively secured to the inner surface of the cylinder 2.

In any event, the cylindrical member 10 will act to further absorb heat rays, and also as a trap for tars and other impurities resulting from the smoking of the cigarette.

In the form of the invention shown in FIGS. 6, 7 and 8, the cigarette 3 is also pulled forwardly, as in FIG. 2, and the cylinders 2 and 10 are indented, as in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5, to provide the fins, to which reference has already been made.

In FIGS. 9, 10 and 11, a further modification is shown, in which the cigarette 3 is permanently secured in the forward end of the cylinder 2. In this form of the invention, it is unnecessary to slide the cigarette 3 forwardly, as in FIG. 2, but, instead, the cylinder 2 may be pinched to form the indentation and fins described above, before the cigarette is lighted. In this form of invention, the cylinder 2 may also be provided with a liner, such as the liner 10 described above.

In FIGS. 12 and 13, a still further modification is shown, in which a disc 12, of aluminum foil or the like, provided with perforations 13, is placed adjacent the forward end of the filter 4. After the cigarette 3 has been pulled forwardly, as in FIG. 2, the walls of the cylinder 2 indented as in FIG. 3, and the cigarette lighted, the disc 12 will act as a barrier or wall against which heat rays will bounce and be reflected back to the walls of the indentations 7, so that this heat will not reach the mouthpiece 1. At the same time, the perforations 13 will permit the smoke to pass through the disc to the filter 4.

r 3 The disc will thus serve to augment the filtering action of the filter 4.

The inner surface of the cylinder 2, in those cases where the liner is not used, may be coated with a tobacco flavoring material, such as menthol, to provide an agreeable flavor for the smoker. In those cases where the paper liner 10 is used, this liner may be coated or impregnated with such a flavoring material.

, It is to be understood that the forms of my invention,

herewith shown and described, are to be taken as preferred examples of the same, and that various changes may be made in the shape, size and arrangement of parts thereof, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoinedclaims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a cigarette of the completely expendable type, a tubular mouthpiece, a metallic foil cylinder extending from the forward end of said mouthpiece, said cylinder being of substantial length and having the wall of the intermediate portion thereof indented to provide at least three circumferentially-spaced fins connected by sides of concave arcuate cross-section, the width of said sides varying gradually from a maximum at the longitudinal center of said cylinder to a minimum at points adjacent the ends of the cylinder, and a combustible cigarette portion slidably mounted in the forward end of said cylinder, said combustible cigarette portion having a paper Wrapper which is ofa dark color on its inner surface.

2. In a cigarette of the completely expendable type, a tubular mouthpiece, a metallic foil cylinder extending from the forward end of said mouthpiece, said cylinder being of substantial length and having the wall of the intermediate portion thereof indented to provide at least three circumferentially-spaced fins connected by sides of concave arcuate cross-section, the width of said sides varying gradually from a maximum at the longitudinal center of said cylinder to a minimum at points adjacent the ends of the cylinder, a combustible paper-wrapped cigarette portion slidably mounted in the forward end of said cylinder, and a cylindrical liner of paper for said foil cylinder, said liner provided with a multiplicity of slits, said liner adapted to absorb heat rays and to trap tars and other impurities resulting from the smoking of said cigarette. 7

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